Cuban American Voters in Miami Almost Evenly Split on Lifting Embargo

52% of All Cuban Americans Oppose Embargo

By

José de Córdoba

June 17, 2014 4:00 p.m. ET

MIAMI—Cuban American voters in metropolitan Miami are almost evenly split about whether to continue or lift the 50-year U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, with younger Cuban Americans by large margins wanting a change in policy, a poll released Tuesday found.

The poll, carried out by Florida International University, is the latest salvo in a debate about the future of U.S.-Cuban relations that has divided Miami. The capital of the Cuban...